The storms seemed to have passed over us for the most part tonight, lets see if crime has….. 7:53pm, 4834 N Winthrop – Fireworks complaint, Hickory Playlot (I have a feeling this is not the first of these tonight) 8:00pm, 1117 W Pratt – Auto theft in progress. Hispanic male attempting to hotwire a black […]

Residents were overwhelming against “Friends of the Parks” plans for the Last Four Miles Initiative, a plan to complete Daniel Burnham’s 1909 design for 30 miles of continuous park land along the lakefront. Read more about it in this article from the Chicago Journal: http://chicagojournal.com/Main.asp?SectionID=49&ArticleID=5215

As real estate sales have come to a halting slowdown across the nation, it appears Edgewater is no exception. Some interesting facts from the Chicago Association of Realtors: -145 units were sold in the first quarter of 2008. – This represents the poorest sales since 1998, and a 20% from the same period last year. […]

11:23pm, Greenview & Sherwin – officer flagged down by person. Not sure yet what the situation is. Turns out people from the suburbs parked their car here and their vehicle was broken into and things (inlcuding a GPS system) were stolen. Welcome to the city! 11:31pm, 2450 W Peterson – commercial alarm going off. Backup […]

7:27, Clark and Rogers – 3 victims flagged down a unit, an individual stole their dogs. A security guard apprehended the suspect to wait for police. Grand theft puppy. 7:31, Kenmore and Catalpa – Obviously intoxicated white male threw a brick at the caller’s car as she was getting out of it. Welcome home! 7:33, […]

6:38, Devon and Western – White male with a small sword chasing a black male, witness says they went southbound on Artesian. 6:43, Broadway and Bryn Mawr – Battery in progress, 3-4 people fighting on the corner. Unit giving a slowdown. 7:20, 6257 N. Rockwell – Robbery call. 78 year old man said a male […]

It officially has arrived. I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend with the Cubs/Sox games and so on! The Edgewater Crime Blotter will continue to provide regular updates on what’s happening in the area throughout the warm months as we enjoy all that Chicago has to offer during this time of year.

A new high-rise, named Bluewater 5440, is planned go up on 5440 North Sheridan Road in Edgewater and contain an assortment residences, totaling 187 units in all. More info can be found here: http://www.bestchicagocondos.com/pre-construction-condos/bluewater-5440.html